Concerned About Future Development of Hahaione Valley?
Save the Date: 6/25/25, 6 p.m.
Town Hall hosted by Tommy Waters, our Council member and Council Chair Wednesday, June 25, at 6PM
Kaiser High School Cafeteria
Presentation by Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate (KSBE) representatives. Discussion will also include Hahaione Valley’s commercial properties from 7-11 to JAIMS owned by KSBE.Come to learn and share all your ideas for our future.
Let’s pack the place and show KSBE that we don’t want more highrises or intensified development in Hahaione Valley!
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HARD is a grassroots organization that seeks to protect and preserve Hahaione Valley’s environment and viewplane mauka of Hawaii Kai Drive between Pepeekeo and Hahaione Streets, so as to maintain Hawaii Kai’s safe and peaceful residential character, healthy environment, outstanding urban tree canopy, and excellent quality of life.
PETITION TO PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN THE JAIMS BUILDING AND TREES AT 6660 HAWAII KAI DRIVE AND ADJOINING PROPERTIES MAUKA OF HAWAII KAI DRIVE
Pepeekeo Street
7-11 store and Hele gas station at the corner of Hawaii Kai Drive and Pepeekeo street.
JAIMS
Japan America Institute for Management Sciences
Koko Head Plaza
Situated between 7-11 and the JAIMS building on Hawaii Kai Drive.
The petitioners thank Fujitsu Ltd. for creating in 1972 the Japan-America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS) as a nonprofit educational institute for cross-cultural business communications, and for developing and maintaining the serene and beautiful two-story building nestled under the magnificent trees at 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive for over 50 years. While fostering international relations in Asia-Pacific, JAIMS locally has also been a valued neighbor. JAIMS’s beautifully maintained trees and landscaping have created a green canopy that enhances our quiet residential community’s overall appearance and property values, reduces traffic noise and pollution, provides physiological and emotional benefits for people, and helps to cool our urban area and sequester carbon in the global fight against ever rising temperatures.
As the leases for the land underlying JAIMS and adjoining properties are set to expire in 2028, however, the petitioners are concerned about potential increased development of the properties located mauka of Hawaii Kai Drive between Pepeekeo and Hahaione Streets and the potential adverse impacts, including the loss of ocean viewplanes and environmental quality; increased traffic, noise, and air pollution; and more crime and security risks. Therefore, we hereby request:
(1) The landowner Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate (KSBE) preserve and maintain the JAIMS building and trees at 6660 Hawaii Kai Drive.
2) Any governmental entities not approve plans or permits to allow for an increase in the current buildings’ height or the removal or destruction of healthy trees over 25 feet tall on the properties located mauka of Hawaii Kai Drive between Pepeekeo and Hahaione Streets.